Author's Note: Heh. I promise this will be interesting. And I know you want me to move on with this so you can find out what happens to our beloved Soshi, but I think I'll make you suffer. Yeah, that's what I'll do.
I had to write a very sad paper on Uzbekistan today and I feel like writing more now. Yes, yes, I do.
Most of you have probably skipped over this by now anyway…And if you haven't, then you're patient.
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HA! I make you wait! MUHAHAHA! ON WITH THE TALE!
Disclaimers: I do not own Inuyasha or The Fray's song, "Over My Head (Cable Car)"
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Chapter 4: Tout Que Je Veux Que Je N'aie jamais su I Requis
(French for "Everything I Want That I Never Knew I Needed.")
A man with short black hair and amber eyes walked into the apartment building, heading to the front desk. He smirked, approaching the elderly woman standing behind the oaken piece of furniture.
"Excuse me," the man said.
"Oh, hello, Soshi…" the woman said hesitantly. Something seemed off about him tonight, but she brushed it away. She knew that Ally had left weeks ago and assumed his was still a bit upset over that.
"I seemed to have lost my key. I was wondering if you have a spare until I can pay you to get another copy made."
She half-glared at him before turning and grabbing a spare key off the back wall. "Be careful with this one," she said, placing the metal object in the man's hand. "This isn't like you, Soshi. You're usually pretty careful with things like this… Has Ally got you this upset?"
"Yes, ma'am…Thank you ma'am." The man turned, heading to the elevator. He pressed the button with the arrow pointing up and stepped inside the awaiting booth. An evil grin spread across his countenance as the door closed and when the gold colored doors finished connecting the gap between them, he began to laugh manically. The box made its way up the gray shaft until stopping at the correct floor. The doors parted allowing the man access to the hallway. After a few meters, he stopped, turned, and inserted the key in the hole, opening the door successfully. He snickered swinging the door open only to be surprised with Soshi at the other end of the room, holding a pistol.
"Hello, Soshi. I was in the nieghborhood-"
"Shut it, Naraku."
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"What?" Ally said.
( Author's Note: AHAHAHA! …Ahem…Moving on )
"Soshi is going to be killed! We have to go!"
Ally's eyes went wide as she was drug along after Riku, who was trying desperately to hail a cab. When he did, he let Ally get in first, told the driver the directions and to step on it.
Ally's chest rose and sank heavily, yet shallowly as she thought of Soshi gone. Riku, noticing her conditioned, placed an arm around her shoulders. "It'll be okay."
She laid down against his chest, and looking up at him, said, "Or so you say."
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"Aw, why do you say such things, Soshi? I just wanted to drop in and see how you and Ally were doing," Naraku stated, smirking.
"You know good and well how were doing and that's not why you came."
"You're right." As soon as these words escaped Naraku's lips, he sent a dagger flying at Soshi.
The real Soshi eyes went wide as the blade came closer and closer, but ducked, barely dodging the lethal weapon. "What? Can't use your tentacles?"
"Sorry, I know how much you would like to see them, but because I transformed into you, I'm as weak as you are."
"Aw, too bad." Soshi flung his gun up, aiming at Naraku, while the doppelganger pulled out his own pistol.
A shot was fired and a body hit the floor, as the survivor slinked out the door and down the hall, slipping out the far window down the fire escape.
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As soon as the elevator doors were wide enough for Ally to slip through, she darted down the hall to Soshi's room as fast as her legs could carry her. Grabbing the door knob of the appropriate room to open it and serve as a brake, she flung open the door only to see the corpse.
Riku wished she hadn't gotten ahead of him; he didn't want her seeing him dead, if he hadn't managed to escape. He reached the open door and saw that Soshi was dead. Ally had her hands over her mouth, her violet orbs as wide as they would go.
"Ally…"
She began to shake violently, collapsing onto her knees, sobbing uncontrollably, asking over and over again, "Why?"
Riku sank beside her, wrapping his arms around her. She pulled away slightly, but Riku still held onto her until she was able to stand again.
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Four days later, the still distraught Ally had attended the funeral without Riku and was now at the wake at Sesshoumaru's house. She was resting her head against Riku's chest while most of the attendees were in the kitchen.
"I have to go find Sakana…" she said, moving towards the hall leading to the kitchen.
Riku stood there, mouth slightly agape as he watched her retreating form. He regretted not stopping her from seeing the body first, or at all, for that matter. He didn't know if it would have helped, but that's still what he wished had happened.
As Ally approached the kitchen, she heard many voices, most of them seemingly angered.
"We all know Riku did it!" a male voice said.
Ally's eyebrows scrunched together in confusion. "Did what?"
"How could he have? Ally said he was with her at the time! Ask her yourself!" a feminine voice retorted.
"Ever heard of a 'hit man'?" another masculine tone asked.
Ally's eyes went wide. They think Riku killed Soshi!
"He wasn't at the funeral and from what I heard, Ally had to practically drag him to the wake!"
"He's guilty; that's why!"
"That's not true!" Ally thought. "He didn't come to the funeral because he didn't think Soshi would have wanted him there. Soshi never like Riku even before I started dating him!"
"Look, I don't like Riku either, but nothing he has done proves he's a murderer!"
Ally knew that voice; it was Sakana's! "Thank God she doesn't blame Riku for this."
"I say we turn him in!"
"Oh, and on what proof? He corrupted Ally! OoOoOoOoOoOoOh!"
"I think that's proof enough!"
"You gotta be kidding me…"
"If he did the police will find out and if they don't catch him, we will."
Ally couldn't take anymore of this. She stomped back down the hall and out the door. Naturally, Riku followed, wondering why she was so upset. "Ally! What's wrong?"
"Can we go home?"
"…Yeah, sure."
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A week later, Ally never disclosed what happened at the wake to Riku. He knew on an intuitive level it had to do with him; otherwise, she wouldn't be able to keep quiet about it.
But, in spite of his curiosity, he couldn't bring it up afterwards. Her energy and spirit seemed depleted like someone suddenly can along with a needle and popped her bubble of reality. So, he just tried to be there when she needed him which seemed to be less and less, but the less she talked and ranted to him, the more unreceptive she became to him.
Somehow, though, he managed to snag a couple hours out of her life one weekend, and he invited the red-head over to his house while Takara was at a friend's house.
The couple laid sprawled out on Riku's blue couch as the television blared out the movies audio track though neither one was paying attention to it. They were too involved in their own thoughts. Riku had tried to figure out what she was thinking, and though he used to be able to read her like a book, she had become as mysterious as ancient Egyptian texts before the discovery of the Rosetta Stone. He was determined to find her Rosetta Stone even though he knew he probably wouldn't like the results.
Apparently, though, he was not determined enough because when the movie ended, Ally gave some mediocre excuse to leave, and he let her walk right out with only a half-hearted, one-armed hug. After the woman who he had come to love left, he flopped on the couch, running his fingers through his ebony mane. He knew what to do, but he couldn't bring himself to do it.
I'd rather run the other way than stay and see
The smoke and who's still standing when it clears.
Riku, in a desperate attempt to bring Ally back to her former self, offered a night out to go to Sanctuary. He thought it might force her to lighten up, or at least forget the real world. Once his hypothesis was tested though, she turned out to be more recluse than ever.
"Do you want something to drink?" he asked.
"No, I'm fine with what I have." (Her glass had been empty for the past forty-five minutes.)
"Do you…want to dance?"
"No, thank you…"
"…Do you…want to be here?"
Ally's head turned slowly to look at him, not sure how to answer.
I'm losing you…
"You've got to be kidding me. Ally, if you don't want to be here, go home."
With that, Ally looked at him, searching his countenance for something -what, Riku didn't know- before, grabbing her purse and getting up.
"Wait," he said, gently taking her forearm.
I wish you were a stranger I could disengage.
"Yeah?" she asked, looking rather apathetic.
Suddenly, molten emotion welled up inside the demon while looking upon her once welcoming stare. It had become so cold, disconcerting, almost dead; this wasn't the woman he fell in love with. "What the hell is wrong with you!" he screamed, bolting up, slamming his hand on the table.
Ally jumped slightly, frightened by the sudden irate outburst. "What do you mean? Nothing's wrong."
Riku groaned, exasperated, but not wanting to cause a scene, stormed off to the back exit with Ally in tow. He slammed the metal door open, stepping into the alley, glaring at a pair who looked like they were about to eat each other's faces off. The "couple" noticed his malevolent stare, returning the look, before returning inside.
"Something is wrong, and you can't deny it!" He said, sternly, turning on his heel.
"It doesn't concern you…"
"It does because you act like I'm holding you hostage!"
"I do not…"
"Yes, you do, Ally, or at least, recently, you have. I know you're upset about Soshi's death, but all I've been is supportive and you shove it back at me like it's not good enough!"
I never knew that everything was falling through
That everyone I knew was waiting on a cue
To turn and run when all I needed was the truth
"You wouldn't understand!" Ally screamed back, tired of the entire situation.
"Try me."
Ally's eyes widened slightly; what she really meant was she didn't want to tell him.
"What is so God damn bad that you have to keep it from me! Do you not want to be with me? Was I just some fling? Is that it, Ally?"
Crystalline droplets welled up in her violet orbs, and she looked down, sniffing.
"Oh my, God… I hit the nail on the head, didn't I? You know if that's true just say so? It's not like I haven't been hurt worse before."
And suddenly I fear I'm becoming part of your past
"No…no…I don't-" she choked out.
"If what you say is true, then why are you crying?" Though it didn't appear that way, it really did pain him to see her anguish brought on by his angry monologue.
"Because!" Ally yelled, stamping her foot slightly. She didn't know how to put her feelings into words, which frustrated her immensely because she knew if she couldn't grab for some words soon, she might lose Riku as well.
"Because why?" he said, cupping her hands within his own.
"He never forgave me…" she said, averting his gaze by looking at the wet pavement below her.
"Who? Soshi…But, Ally-"
She looked up at him as two saltwater trails slipped down her cheeks. "I tried my hardest to get him to forgive me in the slightest and he wouldn't! I broke his heart so badly-… He died hating me…"
"Ally…" He stared sympathetically at the southern ruler. He felt a little helpless, like he had started a freight train he couldn't stop, but he knew she needed to get this out. It had been building up for a while and he knew it would do her good to express her true feelings. He didn't know what he could say to help, so he merely held her close, becoming an anchor in reality for her.
"I didn't want to hurt him! I didn't!" she sobbed, pressing her hands against the demon's chest. "I cared and still care about him! I didn't want him to hate me…I wish he was still here. I want so badly for him to forgive me and now, I'll never-" The reoccurring statement now caused her to burst into the tears she had been trying to supress, sobbing so hard, it hurt.
Riku kissed her fire-y tresses, running his hand soothing along her spine. "It's okay, Ally. I'm here."
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"Hello, Tokyo Times," Ally said, drone-like.
"Hello, Ally?"
"Who's this?"
"I'm sorry, I couldn't find your last name on Soshi's phone list. I'm the cornier whose working with the police to solve Soshi's murder."
"Oh."
"Do you have any free time?"
"Yes… why? Is there a reason why the autopsy is taking so long?"
"I need you to come down here…as soon as possible."
"Oh… um… Sure. I'll be over there as soon as possible."
Ally got the address from the woman and headed over there on a lunch break.
She arrived there and the cornier ushered the red-head into her office.
"I'm…confused by your boyfriend-"
"He's not my boyfriend."
"Oh, I'm sorry- it's just in his house, it said-"
"We were, but we weren't at the time of his death."
"I see…Well, his DNA doesn't match up with previous tests."
"…What?"
"I mean, his skin and blood cells are a perfect match, but most of his organs aren't his. According to his records, he hasn't had any organ replacement surgeries, and even if he had, there would be no way these would be considered a match."
"So, what are you saying?" Ally said, pinching the bridge of her nose.
"This isn't Soshi."
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Oh! Yet another turn! This was a rather sad chapter, I know and sadly, you're probably going to have to get used to it. The next few chapters won't be too amusing, but the beginning of chapter 5 might be pretty interesting to read.
And this was short. Sorry. But I got in under a month! '''
Remember to review, please. I'm starting to think that only Sammy-sama is reading this.
